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ESCA vs. FNKO, TRON, CLAR, AOUT, GNSS, KBSX, KOSS, YYAI, DTC, and KMRK

Should you be buying Escalade stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Escalade include Funko (FNKO), Tron (TRON), Clarus (CLAR), American Outdoor Brands (AOUT), Genasys (GNSS), FST (KBSX), Koss (KOSS), Connexa Sports Technologies (YYAI), Solo Brands (DTC), and K-Tech Solutions (KMRK). These companies are all part of the "recreation" industry.

Escalade vs. Its Competitors

Funko (NASDAQ:FNKO) and Escalade (NASDAQ:ESCA) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.

Funko presently has a consensus price target of $9.13, suggesting a potential upside of 179.05%. Given Funko's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Funko is more favorable than Escalade.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Funko
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Escalade
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Funko has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Escalade has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

99.2% of Funko shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.2% of Escalade shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Funko shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 28.8% of Escalade shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Escalade had 2 more articles in the media than Funko. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Escalade and 5 mentions for Funko. Funko's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Escalade's score of -0.38 indicating that Funko is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Funko
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Escalade
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Escalade has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Funko. Funko is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Escalade, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Funko$1.05B0.17-$14.72M-$1.21-2.70
Escalade$241.49M0.74$12.99M$0.9114.13

Escalade has a net margin of 5.30% compared to Funko's net margin of -6.72%. Escalade's return on equity of 6.86% beat Funko's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Funko-6.72% -19.97% -6.15%
Escalade 5.30%6.86%5.09%

Summary

Escalade beats Funko on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ESCA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ESCA vs. The Competition

MetricEscaladeLEISURE&REC PRD IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$177.52M$2.61B$8.49B$9.92B
Dividend Yield4.88%2.99%3.01%4.52%
P/E Ratio14.1340.6418.3726.13
Price / Sales0.741.424.8481.99
Price / Cash9.9518.1416.8059.04
Price / Book1.063.375.016.09
Net Income$12.99M$3.73M$227.17M$266.51M
7 Day Performance2.06%0.89%1.16%0.46%
1 Month Performance3.71%0.83%18.64%4.59%
1 Year Performance-1.83%10.45%51.69%26.04%

Escalade Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ESCA
Escalade
3.4986 of 5 stars
$12.86
+0.7%
N/A-1.5%$177.52M$241.49M14.13590
FNKO
Funko
2.5036 of 5 stars
$3.46
-1.4%
$9.13
+163.7%
-66.3%$191.56M$1.05B-2.861,283
TRON
Tron
N/A$4.29
-5.9%
N/A+121.3%$143.58M$4.31M-22.58N/ATrending News
Gap Down
CLAR
Clarus
4.5462 of 5 stars
$3.63
flat
$4.75
+30.9%
-11.8%$139.40M$264.32M-1.69900
AOUT
American Outdoor Brands
3.2613 of 5 stars
$10.44
-1.1%
$15.00
+43.7%
-6.5%$133.19M$222.32M-1,042.96320Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
GNSS
Genasys
2.4404 of 5 stars
$1.94
-5.8%
$5.33
+174.9%
-33.3%$87.60M$24.01M-3.08170Analyst Upgrade
KBSX
FST
N/A$1.68
0.0%
N/AN/A$63.39M$36.50M-4.80N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
KOSS
Koss
1.1172 of 5 stars
$6.20
-0.2%
N/A-17.3%$58.13M$12.62M-68.8830Short Interest ↓
YYAI
Connexa Sports Technologies
0.6713 of 5 stars
$3.21
-16.0%
N/A-74.2%$46.75M$12.82M-0.288Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
DTC
Solo Brands
2.4722 of 5 stars
$12.24
-0.9%
$40.00
+226.9%
-79.5%$28.24M$446.48M-0.15300
KMRK
K-Tech Solutions
N/A$1.27
-3.3%
N/AN/A$24.70MN/A0.0019Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:ESCA) was last updated on 9/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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